What we do in the classroom impacts what happens in the real world. Join the Toolkit for Inclusive Learning Environments, TILE, for a thoughtful discussion on classroom practices that can […]
Baltimore-Centric: A Learning List
We’re stunned, or maybe not surprised. We’re sad, angry, frightened. We’re protesting, or helping to clean up, or scouring the news and social media… or maybe we’re feeling helpless, or […]
Study Suggests That Online Searching Only Makes You Feel Smarter
While driving home recently I heard on NPR that online searching may make you think you’re smarter than you really are. Matthew Fisher, doctoral student in cognitive psychology at Yale, […]
Most Popular Library Databases
In early March I listed the journals used most often by the JHU community in 2014. Now it’s time to do the same for library databases. I did this back […]
Explore Mars, the moon, and the skies
For nearly fifty years, people have attempted to send spacecraft to Mars. During the 1950s and 60s, an increasing preoccupation with the future and technology helped transform America’s outlook, as […]
Ask the Experts: Work with a Librarian on Your Research
You’re working on those final papers and projects, and you realize you need a few more articles to support your claims. You need some statistics or data to really drive […]
2015 Library Printing, Copying and Scanning Survey
Do you use MSE Library or Brody Learning Commons to print, copy or scan? Or would you like to? Please visit bit.ly/printingsurvey2015 to participate in the 2015 Library Printing, Copying […]
Go To Other Worlds This Weekend
JOHNCON IS HERE! Yes, this is news worth shouting. Prepare for the non-stop extravaganza that will be JohnCon 2015 (April 10-12). JohnCon is the annual convention of JHU’s Science Fiction […]
Why Can’t Some People Donate Blood? Is That Fair?
Are the guidelines used to screen potential blood donors discriminatory? This question will be the subject of the talk given at this year’s Undergraduate Conference in Public Health, the theme of […]
Where the Visual Meets the Verbal: Letters as Art
The Sheridan Libraries’ significant avant-garde collections hold some real gems; among them is one of the most important collections in North America of the mid-20th century French movement of Lettrisme. […]